Category Archives: Atlanta

THE BEATLES – August 18, 1965 Live at Atlanta Stadium

Posted on August 18, 2019 by georgialeesays

The Beatles at Atlanta Stadium – August 18, 1965 I was a pre-teen Beatle-maniac on a magical night. Fifty-plus years later, I relive it all. Who knows how long I’ve loved you? You know I love you still. Somehow, my best … Continue reading →

Posted in anniversaries, Atlanta, authors, baby boomers, beautiful women, celebrities, childhood, Family, Fashion, HELP, Love, love and death, Paul mcCartney, the beatles, The Beatles, writers | Tagged anniversary, Atlanta, Atlanta Stadium, beatlemania, beatles, concerts, events, George Harrison, John Lennon, Liverpool, London, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the Sixties | 1 Comment

HALLOWEEN CONTEST – VOTE!

Posted on October 31, 2017 by georgialeesays

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THIS MONTH I’VE BEEN SCOURING THE VILLAGE FOR GREAT HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS – THE NEIGHBORS ARE RESTLESS (AND CREATIVE – VOTE YOUR FAVORITE (disclaimer: frog below discovered in photographer’s house)

Gallery | Tagged Atlanta, att, death, decorations, FALL, frogs, ghosts, halloween, holidays, monsters, neighborhoods, neighbourhoods, pumpkins, skeletons, velvet underground | 4 Comments

MY FATHER – ON WRITING

Posted on June 18, 2017 by georgialeesays

Writing books is easy! By Georgia Lee, from the diary of Emmett Lee When my father, Emmett Lloyd Lee, turned 80, I gave him a guided journal “A Father’s Legacy – Your Life’s Story in … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, authors, awards, baby boomers, buddha, caregivingelderly, childhood, DEPRESSION, Dying Parents, Family, fathers, Fathers Day, georgia writers, harpercollins, literaryfiction, Love, love and death, spirituality, wells fargo, writers, Writing | Tagged Children, daughters, dreams, editors, fathers, fiction, ghosts, language, legends, memories, money, mothers, nostalgia, parenting, PARENTS, poem, poetry, reading | Leave a comment

PSYCHOTIC IN AMERICA – a mother speaks

Posted on May 6, 2017 by georgialeesays

“I’ve calculated numbers in our birthdays in a formula for exact dates of death. Mine is Tuesday. I’m working on yours. It’s genius. Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, authors, baby boomers, bi-polar, BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD, childhood, corporate greed, Family, HOMOCIDE, HUMANA, JOBLESS, layoffs, Love, love and death, medical care, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL ILLNESS, NAMI, PEACHFORD HOSPITAL, REPUBLICANS, RIDGEVIEW, ridgeview hospital, SCHIZOPHRENIA, spirituality, SUICIDE, Trump Care, Uncategorized, UNEMPLOYMENT | Tagged ACA, Children, Health Care, hospitals, Insurance, MENTAL ILLNESS, PARENTS, psychosis, spirituality, Trump Care | 1 Comment

MENTAL ILLNESS – a mother speaks

Posted on June 4, 2015 by georgialeesays

I’m crying as I write this. This past Easter Sunday – visiting hours at Peachford Hospital. I am alone. My son, 26, unshaven, shaking, in flip-flops and torn clothes he slept in, sits alone at a table, peeling a tangerine. … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD, caregivingelderly, corporate greed, DEPRESSION, Family, HELP, HOMOCIDE, HUMANA, MENTAL ILLNESS, NAMI, PEACHFORD HOSPITAL, REPUBLICANS, RIDGEVIEW, RONALD REGAN, SCHIZOPHRENIA, SUICIDE | Tagged 1960s, ACAA, acceptance, ACTORS, Aging, alabama, ancesters, Atlanta, atlanta braves, atlanta crackers, Atlanta native, Atlanta Writers Club, AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS, baby boomers, Babyboomers, back to school, baseball, birth, birthdays, books, buddha, Caregiving, cemeteries, Chicago Yankee, Childhood, children's hospitals, college football, composite characters, crimson tide, curses, daughters, death, department stores, depression, Elvis Costello, Emmett Lee, Emory University Hospital, FALL, family, fiction, flowers, football, Fourth of July, Fourth of July celebration, Greatest Generation, HospiceAtlanta, hospitals, humor, joint chiefs of staff, language, lice ladies, love, Lumosity, Memorial Day, memories, minor leagues, MOON, mothers, mothers day, nostalgia, original Memorial Day letter, Orlando Bloom, parenting, PARENTS, parties, Paul McCartney, playoffs, Pluto, poem, poetry, ponce de león ball park, President Obama, public service | 7 Comments

BRIEF CANDLES – AN HOUR ONSTAGE

Posted on March 8, 2015 by georgialeesays

At the end of life, the very old shrink into child-size imitations of the towering adults their children knew. Not my parents, I would have thought as a child, if I’d ever imagined such a thing. Not my parents. Those … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, authors, baby boomers, body image, caregivingelderly, celebrities, childhood, Dying Parents, Family, Fashion, fiction, Food, hospice, Love, love and death, medical care, spirituality, Uncategorized, writers, Writing | Tagged 1960s, ACAA, acceptance, ACTORS, actresses, Aging, alabama, ancesters, Atlanta, Atlanta native, Atlanta Writers Club, baby boomers, Babyboomers, birth, birthdays, body image, books, Caregiving, cemeteries, chevrolet, Chico's, chiffon, cocktail dresses, cookies, curses, daughters, death, depression, Easy Spirit, Emmett Lee, FALL, family, fashion, Forest Park, high school, Lady Macbeth, mothers and daughters, only children, PARENTS, prom dresses, shakespeare, stephen king, thinner, weight | 10 Comments

THE JOYS OF UNEMPLOYMENT – with added video content!!!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by georgialeesays

THE JOYS OF UNEMPLOYMENT – with added video content!!!.

Posted in Atlanta, Family, Love, Random Rant, Writing | Tagged caterpiller, corporate power, corporations, department of labor, DOL, fired, government, lay-off, unemployment, unemployment benefits | Leave a comment

THE JOYS OF UNEMPLOYMENT – with added video content!!!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by georgialeesays

HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB To: “Aging” Baby Boomers, still gainfully employed. From: “Aging” Baby Boomer, jobless, no prospects Re: Effective immediately: Embrace your inevitable lay-off AGE, UNEMPLOYMENT AND OXYMORONS The Sixties’ adage – “don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, baby boomers, banking, buddha, claims, corporate greed, department of labor, Family, fiction, hilarity, JOBLESS, layoffs, Love, medical care, Random Rant, Uncategorized, UNEMPLOYMENT, unemployment benefits, wells fargo | 5 Comments

GO SHOP AND DROP A FEW – YOU’LL FEEL BETTER

Posted on November 9, 2014 by georgialeesays

So, I’m have depression – Chronic. Clinical. Diagnosed. No-joke hideous, insidious crippling depression. I’m supposed to say “I HAVE depression, but I am NOT my depression. I’m grateful for my depression – it is my greatest teacher.” So, I just said … Continue reading →

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Begin a yoga practice at georgialeesaysnamaste.com

Posted on November 5, 2014 by georgialeesays

Emerson – The New Day is too dear…. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, body image, childhood, Family, Fashion, Love, love and death, moon, spirituality, women's retreats, writers, Writing, yoga | Tagged depression | 3 Comments

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